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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-05-04

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1885-05-04 page 1

Jourriitr J She State VOL. XL.VI. NO. 106. COLUMBUS, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1885. ESTABLISHED 1811, hio i I I A BOILER SENT SKYWARD. HORRIBLE EXPLOSION AT GALVESTON. A Boiler at th. Tremont Home Lets Go, Killing Five Persons and Wound-lag a Number Terrific Force of the Shock. Galveston, May 3. A terrible catastrophe occurred in this city at 7 :30 o'clock this morning. One of the boilers at the Tremont hotel exploded, instantly killing a number of persons, wounding several others, doing great damage to the hotel and neighboring property. The killed are as follows: Several children, Lawrence Carr, foreman, who leaves a family; Clara Miller, a white woman, and Anderson Jones, colored, a scrubber. The following are the wounded : Jose Aquilla, pastry cook, badly ; bruised, injured internally; John At man, bell boy, shoulder broken, otherwise injured; Maurice Sullivan, collar bone broken, badly cut about the head ; R. Walton, colored waiter, arm broken, badly bruised ; Mrs. Burns, linen woman, slightly bruised about the head. Tbe concussion from the explosion was appalling. The Tremont house is large five-story brick structure, with 130 feet frontage on Tremont street and about the same depth on Church street. The boiler-house was situated at the northwest corner of the building, and was a small, one-story brick structure attached to the main building. The explosion shook the great building with such terrible force the guests thought a tremendous earthquake had occurred, and ran panic-stricken about the hallways. The scene ef the calamity presents a dreary spectacle ; not one brick of the boiler-house remains upon another, but in its place, scattered about for half a square, lies the debris of the building, engine, pumps and boilers. The northwest wing of the hotel above the boiler-house was badly wrecked, the walls cracked and the windows demolished. Fortunately but few guests were quartered in this portion of the building. There were two horizontal tubular boilers, each sixty-horse power, attached to tbe hotel, only one of whieh was being used at tbe time of the explosion. Both were new, manufactured in St. Louis, and set up only last October. As the huge monster left its bed it shot away from the main structure, passing out the engine-house end first. It crossed the intervening yard, pasted through a two-story frame building, where the servants slept, then crossed Twenty-fourth street, passing entirely over a story and a half frame house fronting Twenty-fourth street, then crashed through the roof of a smail frame house occupied by a colored family, who escaped unhurt. Continuing onward, it entered a one-story house of ill repute, kept by a colored woman, Julia Winters. This house was practically annihilated, not one stick left standing. It was here that Clara Miller, a white woman, was killed, and Maurice Sullivan, her companion, fatally injured. Every colored occupant ot the house escaped uninjured. After causing this' destruction the giant missile finally landed inside of the adjoining small structure, protruding half inside the house and half out. Various theories are afloat regarding the cause of the accident. Engineers who examined the wreck generally agree the boiler was defective ; that its tubes were not sufficiently lapped over and welded into the manhead. It is believed the steam gauge did not register 00 pounds at the time of the disaster, whereas the boiler was supposed to be able to sustain 200 pounds, but in the absence of the heavy bolts sustaining the manheads the boiler proved unable to bear half of its supposed pressure The damage and loss to tbe building will reach 915,000. Insured against fire. Tne hotel is owned by Colonel W. E. Hughes of Dallas, Tex. The body of Carr, the fireman, was blown over one wing of the hotel, landing in the court. NEWARK NEWS. Grand Encampment I. O. O. r A Meek Citizen Local Notes. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Newark, O., May 3. Mr. Cory Ferguson, formerly of this city, is visiting his home in this city. The Court of Common Pleas ol Licking county begins its May term tomorrow. We find two new Democratic candidates out for the nomination for county - treasurer, William Beaumont and Will Jsvis. They were out in full force among the boys last Saturday. The former is the now superintendent of the Licking County infirmary. This is Mr. Davis's second race for the nomination, and Mr. Beaumont's first. Lieutenant Griffith recovered two sets of harness and a valuable laprobe yesterday, stolen from parties in the eastern part of the county. He fouud thorn in Martinsburg, they having been sold to a merchant there, and the thieves have departed to parts unknown. John Bonner, residing on Mt. Vernon street, was found dead in his bed this morning. The direct cause of his sudden death is not known, but he has been an invalid for some years past. The funeral ttmB&hmftB are"nqf y-Jietperfected. The TWiqS". ; ratic'execfinve and advisory "'U.v'". 'dthere met in the conven-' TP KNTjJb.e court-house yesterday, vacant r. ,"' '7 an lut besjtnsun at cooiea the "dmi. of the riewarx r .rrespuuetem of the Ohio JOUKVAL. A rather aereeable-reokias going about town Saturday with scheme of imposing upon unsuspecting citizens. It seems he learned the name and origin Of a number of our cit izens and would go to them with a pitiable face and tell them his name and origin was similar to theirs, or that some circumstance in the past had made them un known friends and plead destitution, saying that he wanted to get to Columbus, wfiere he would be cared for. He was seen Saturday evening under circumstances that would indicate that he had got considerable change. The Grand Encampment L O. O. F. will take place here the first of this week. Tomorrow will be spent in receiving and waiting upon delegations and visitors. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Warden. Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent in organization and general business of the encampment. A grand ball will be given at the Fifth Street rink and a banquet at the City hall will beheld Wednesday evening. Some thousand invitations have been issued and everything will be done by the local committee to make all a grand success. Miners' Strike la the Tuscarawas Valley. Clstwlasd, May 3. The threatened strike among the coal miners of the Tuscarawas and Connotton valleys, which it is feared will involve all the miners in the district (nearly 6000 in number), was inaugurated Saturday evening. A special from Canton says that 260 men in the Connotton district have quit work. The Tuscarawas and Connotton operators say that the rate of 55 cents per ton established in the Hocking valley enables Hocking operators to undersell them in Cleveland and other lake ports. The Richards Coal Company, employing a large number of men, have posted a reduction from 75 to 60 cents, and it is said their miners will go out tomorrow. Other operators will make similar reductions. President McBride, of the Miners' association, has advised an acceptance of the reduction, but the men do not seem inclined to do so. Farewell Sermon of Alliterative Burchard. Naw Yqbx, May 3. Bev. Dr. S. D. Burchard this evening preached his farewell sermon as pastor of the Murray Hill He"! an wTk a new I Presbyterian church. The subject of his discourse was tbe doctrine If universal sinfulness and justification by faith. A man, he said, was condemned for one fault, and no future works ot superoga-tion could atone for past transgressions. At the close of his sermon Dr. Burchard reviewed his whole ministerial career from 1839, when he came to New York from the seminary in Danville, Ky., and took charge of the Houston Street Presbyterian church, where he remained pastor for forty consecutive years. The Murray Hill church grew out of that organization, but did not prosper at the old church, owing to the hard times. He made no direct reference to his famous alliteration, ''Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." SPORTING MATTERS. Wretched Fielding Loses a Game for Pitts-bars; Seren Thousand Spectator. Present.Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cincinnati, May 3. Wretched fielding on tbe part of the Pittsburgh and lucky batting by the home nine decided today's contest. Shallix, pitcher for the Cincin-natis, was struck on the arm in the second inning by a pitched ball, and was compelled to retire. Corkhill pitched the test of the game and Baldwin played right field. Seven thousand people attended. The score is as follows : CINCINNATI. A.B. . IB. T.B. P.O. O. Z. Jones, L f &214,OI0 Reilly, lb 4 0 1 1 10 12 Fennelly, s. s 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 Carp- nter, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 MePhee, 2b 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Corkhill, L f. and p... 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 Snyder, c l 2 4 8 2 0 :lin on. m. f 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 Shallix, p tt 0 0 0 0 2 0 Baldwin, r. 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 Totals 11 14 riTTSBUHG. Brown, r. f Smith, 2b Eden, L Kuehne, no Mann. m. f Richmond, s. s Fields, lb Miller, c O'Day, p P.O. 0 5 2 2 3 1 Totals 36 9 15 27 15 11 Innings ... Cincinnati.. Pittsburg 123456789 0 0. 310210 0-7 21010001 16 Earned runs Cincinnati 1. Pittsburg 3. Home runs Brown, Jones. Two-bate hiis Brown, snydt-r. Three-base hits Smith. Passed bail Miller 2. Wi d Diteh .-shallix First base on bulls Off C;.rkhill 1, off O'Day 1. First base on errors v.iuuiu:iau iu, ruuDurg &trucjt out By sna:-lix 1, by Corkhill 5, by O'Day 1. Double plays Snyder and Reilley one McPhec. Fr-nneltv an i Reilly one, Miller and Field one. Umpire Walsh. Other Games. At Milwaukee Milwaukee 6, Toledo 1. At Louisville Louisville 4, rft. Louis 2. At Kansas City Kansas City 14, Cleveland 6. A Probable Clue to the Pittsburg Trunk Tragedy. Chicaoo, May 3. Francisco Caurosa. a resident of the Italian district of this city, believes the corpse discovered at Pittsburg in the trunk from Chicago, to be that of his brother, Phillipo Caurosa. FranoiRO dnAH net nnrlnrcranl TT.ir.lial. - U 1 H. 1 J and bad not heard of the mystery until tuis morning wneu, witn otners, He listened to the reading by an interpreter of the newspaper account of the affair. He Wflfl at fini'fl imnrABoarl wttk thu belief that the dead man was his brother, and said he thought Phildpo had been murdered for his money. He and hifl brother. FrnnMnr livoH fnn0tKUr Last Thursday morning Phillipo took his savings, amounting to S350, and started out in search ot a lemon route, he being a peddler of lemons. Phillipo did not return that night, nor bad his brother seen aim. i ran Cisco is ot tne opinion that bis brother was the victim of foul play, and that hifl bod V now fltmita iriAnrifif.Atlnn in Pittsburg. The Condition ot General Grant. Nbw York. May 3. Doctors Douglas, Shrady and Sands met in consultation at the house of General Grant this afternoon. As Drs. Shrady and Douglas were leaving the house they were questioned, and said: "That Saturday night, with one exception, was the best with the general since the recovery Degan. The general slept well all night. The cancerous lump at the base of the tongue at present was not progressing. The ulcerated portions of the throat, though not by any means healed, were clean, and his general physical condition is improved. The glandular swelling, that had increased on Satur day afternoon, had almost disappeared during Sunday by reason of 'rest.' " When pressed to say if the cancerous lump had improved, the doctors declined to say further than the above. Stocks SIes at Westerville. Special to tbe Ohio State Journal. Westkrvii.le, May 2. The regular monthly stock sales were held here today with a good attendance. The bidding was good and the stock sold fairly well. The following is the full report of sale: Five head of 2-year-old steers at $05.25 per head ; two 2-year-old steers $38 per head ; one cow and calf $40; two yearling heifers $23 per head; one 2-year-old heifer $27; one bull and cow $3.60 per hundred ; three yearling heifers $53 for the lot ; five yearlings at $16 per head; one bull $20; one 2-year-old heifer $29; one 4-vear-old colt $131; one brood sow $13.25; one bunch of hogs $5 and $6 per head. A house and lot was also sold, bringing $525. The next stock sale will be held the first Saturday in next month. The Ku-Klux Revived. Nashville, May 3. A Waverly, Tenn., special to the American says: Late last BHght a party of disguised men visited the boose of Conley Johnson, colored, in Big wwBi sir r.oenezer ennren, ana ordered him to open his door. He refused. asm tne door was broken down and several shots fired into the house. Johnson leaped from a back window nd started to run away, when a dozen or twenty shots were fired at him. When his body was found this morning it was giled with shot, and a bullet hole through bis head. The affair is supposed to have been caused by a difficulty two weeks ago between a negro and a white man at a log rolling. Several negroes were whipped a week or ten days ago in the same vicinity. The parties are unknown. Movements of the Garnet. New York, May 3. The British corvette Garnet, after lying at anchor all night opposite quarantine, was visited by the health officer at sunrise todav and immediately afterward steamed 10 the new anchorage opposite Tompkinsville. At 9 o clock a. m. the American flag was hoisted to the main mast and saluted with twenty-one guns. The Union jack flew all day at the fore and the fleet signal at the mizzen mast. Captain Hand went ashore early in the day. The British con sul general did not pay a visit to the vessel, but representatives from General Hancock and several officers of the Mm nesota were among tbe visitors. The future movements of the Garnet are un certain. Fall of a Brewery. Pittsburg, May 3. Wainright's brew ery, on Thirty-sixth street, caved in with a heavy crash about 3 o'clock this morn ing. The structure was a four-story brick, substantially built. In it was 10,000 barrels of beer and a lot of new and very valuable machinery. The immense weight of the beer, it is supposed, caused the supports of the floor to give way and the building collapsed from the roof to the cellar. Tne falling in of the walls crushed the beer barrels and torrents of malt fluid ran down the street and comDletelv flood ed the cellar. The loss is estimated at over $100,000. Nobody hurt. A Town Nearly Destroyed. Kankakee, III., May 3. At 2 o'clock Sunday morning a fire at Cobery, twenty-five miles from Kankakee, destroyed twenty-four business houses and fourteen residences. Total loss, $400,000; partly lnsurea. NEW YORK HOLOCAUST. A TERRIBLE TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE. Particulars of the Tragic Affair, With a List of the Victims Narrow Escape of Some of the Residents Who Fired the Buildinc New York, May 3. Eight persons are known to have perished in the fire which occured last night in the double brick tenement. No. 672 First avenue. They were: Joseph Humphrey, aged 35; Henry Humphrey, aged 4 months ; Miss Elizabeth Hurley, aged 25 ; Mrs. Christina Koerner, aged 48; Mrs. Mina Kritbzmar, aged 32; Richard Krithzmaa, aged 11; William Hurley and Mary, a sister of Mrs. Humphrey, aged 45. With the exception of Williajm Hurley, who died this morning, ali were taken out of the building dead. Besides the killed there were fourteen persons injured. The following were partly suffocated : Mrs. Ida Roehich, aged 22 ; Albert Koerner, aged 15; Miss Kate Koerner, aged 28; William Flanagan, aged 16; George Hurlev, aged 50; Mrs. Elpha Hurley, aged 55; Mrs. Kate Limbacker, aged 26; Katie Limbacker, aged 6 ; Martha and Alfred Kritbzmar, aged respectively 12 and 10 years ; an infant child of Mrs. Roehich. The following bad each a leg broken by jumping from the windows: Pauline Koerner, aged 18; Willie Liehm-puhl, aged 7, and Rosalie Humphrey, aged 24. Tbe last named also suffered partial asphyxiation. At tbe time of the fire there were eight families in the house, with a total of thirty-six souls. In the north building Hermann Liebmpuhl occupied the second floor with his wife said one child ; George Hurley, on the third floor with his wife and four children ; Joseph Humphreys, on the fourth floor with his wife, infant eon and sister-in-law. and Jacob Koerner, on tbe top floor with his wife and children. All of these have been accounted for except Sophia Koerner, aged 14. The police had the premises carefully searched this morning, but no trace of the girl could be found. The fround or first floor was occupied by umphrey as an oyster saloon. In the south building Jacob Burg used the first floor as a saloon and the second as living apartments with his wife. The third floor was occupied by Philip Limbacher, ma wile ana cnild, tne fourth by Max Krithzmar, his wife and three children. and the top floor by Hermann Roehich, his wife and three children. Mr. Roehich was the only tenant of the building that escaped without loss. Immediately when the fire was discovered he closed his doors and windows to keep out the smoke, took nis wite and three cnildren to the front window and passed them, one by one. down the ladders erected by the firemen. in an interview Mr. Koebich said: "The fire cut off all egress by the stairs and the Ire escapes. The wood floorings of the latter and the boxes and washtubs stored therein burnt like tinder, and made the iron work of the fire escapes so hot that it was impossible to get down. If the people had only shut their doors and gone to the top of the building none would have been killed. I saw Mrs. Humphrey in the hos pital this morning, and she said that Humphrey set the place on fire." Theo. Koerner stepped from the sill of his window to that at one of Roehich's and fol lowed the Roehichs down the ladder. Mrs. Burge, finding the stairway in a blaze, got out of her front window and crossed on a sign torn from an office next door, and put up by the firemen, to a place of safety. Philip Limbacher was awakened by the smoke. He roused his wife and four children and dropped them from the third-story window into the arms of persons below. Mike Allen of No. 210 East Thirty-eiehth street caueht two of them and took them to his home, where the frantic father found them about two hours later. Officer Flaherty, who rescued three of the Koerner family, caught a third child of Limbacher's. Pauline Koerner lumped from a window on the top floor. The direct cause of the fatality is attributed to the tardy arrival of the hook and ladder companies and the panic of tenants, me nre diu not get beyond tbe fourth floor, except in the hallways, where the doors and wainscottings were blackened and charred. The building had a frontage of 35 feet and was 75 feet deep. The hallways were 3 feet wi.ie with a stair way z feet 10 inches in width, and landings 6 feet 10 inches wide. Crowds of people visited the scene of the catastrophe today, but beyond a few broken windows there was little to see of the effects of the disaster, which had caused so many deaths and so much suffering. The fire broke out in the kitchen of Humphrey s restaurant. The police think it was due to carelessness on Humphrey's part, who often closed his saloon and left a very hot nre in his range. The loss in property was insignificant. A Midnight Blaze. Chicago, May 3. Fire broke out at 11 : :30 o'clock this evening in the top of Nos. 161 and 163 South Water street, and burned so fiercely that the second and general alarm closely followed the first. At midnigbt the names appeared to be under control. The first floor of tbe building, in which the fire started, is occupied by the commission house of John Lally, and in the top story, where the fire broke out, be had a consignment of live game and poultry stored in crates and coops. The intermediate floors were occupied by several parties, whose loss will only be from water and can not be even estimated. The only damage to the first floor and stock is by water. The loss on the building will be considerable, but there is no way of ascertaining it at this hour or the amount of insurance. While the fire was at its height twenty-five firemen, who were engaged at the top floor of the burning building, were caught by a section of the falling roof. A few escaped uninjured. Some were taken out badly bruised and two are still missing. None of those rescued are fatally injured, but it is feared that the two remaining in the ruins were either killed outright or have since died of injuries, as they fail to respond to the shouts of those searching for them. Their names have not been learned. The latest estimate of the total loss is $15,000. Attacked By Prisoners. Galveston, May 3. The News's Colorado City special says: This evening Jailer Robertson while feeding the prisoners was attacked by two prisoners named Middletown and Lloyd, who took a pistol from Robertson and were beating him to death when the latter's wife came to the rescue, but her pistol refused to fire. Deputy Sheriff Parks arrived at this juncture and sent a bullet through Mid-dletown's brain, killing him instantly. Lloyd jumped from the window and was escaping when he was recaptured. The Illinois Striae. St. Louis, May 3. The condition of affairs among the coal miners at Collins-ville, Belleville and other places in Madison and fft. Clair counties, III., is still unsettled, but it is thought most of the mines will be operated tomorrow and that the threatened strike of the men will come to naught. Information from Streator and Braidwood is to the effect that compromises have been made between the miners aud mine owners at those places and that the men will resume work tomorrow. Effects of a Hailstorm. Petersburg, Va., May 3. The hailstorm which nassed over thin section Friday afternoon prevailed in many other localities and extended into .North Carolina. All the growing cotton, corn and vegetables were destroyed, and farmers will be compelled to plant again. Hail leu to tne ueptn oi twelve inches, and a whirlwind prevailed along the center of the storm, blowing down barns, fences and sheds. In some places in Surrey county, this state, the hail fell to the depth of eighteen inches, and in some spots was drifted to the depth of four feet. More Troops Needed. Speisgfield, III., May 3. Sheriff Honchett of Cook county telegraphed the Governor tonight that he was unable to control the strikers at Lemont and asked for more troops. Tbe Governor replied that if occasion required the adjutant general might call out three additional companies and place them at his disposal. Trouble is feared at Lemont. Governor Oglesby left for Elkhart, 111., tonight. Destruction of Lumber by Fire. Milwaukee, May 3. A special to the Sentinel from Stevens Point says that 5,000,000 feet of choice grade lumber belonging to Sorren & Wadleigh of that city was destroyed by fire early this morning, causing a loss of $70,000, insurance unknown. Robert Main also lost 500,000 feet, upon which there was an insurance of $3500. Murderer Captured. Deteoit, May 3. The Free Press's Marquette, Mich., special says: Pat Benon, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Kohl, was captured at Escanaba early this morning. He was taken to Isbpeming, from which place he was brought here. Bis; Fire Raginrr. Scbanton, May 3. A fire broke out this morning at 1 :30 in the large rail-mill of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's steel-works and was raging fiercely at 2 o'clock. The general alarm was Bounded. Dedication of a Catholic College. Pittsburg, May 3. The Catholic college of the Holy Ghost was dedicated here today. Thirty thousand people attended the services and seven thousand participated in the parade. Death of Dr. Clendenln. Cincinnati, May 3. Dr. William Clen-denin, one of the oldest and best known physicians of this city, died today of pneumonia. Another Misfit. Philadelphia, May 3. A. Haller Gross has declined the appointment as consul to Athens, Greece. The Skies in May. New York Mail and Express. Venus has not yet recovered from her bashful fit of last month, and will remain hidden in the sun's rays during the greater part of May, rising and going to bed very early, and otherwise deporting herself In a circumspect manner unusual with that wayward and brilliant planet. Her retirement leaves Jupiter without a rival. He is now near quadrature, and will pass that stage on the 17th. That is to say, he is 90 degrees west of the sun, and is almost directly overhead when the sun sets. His apparently smaller companion, Regulns, will be his constant attendant during the month, and will afford an excellent gauge on the forward and backward motion of the planet. On October 7 last they were in conjunction, and afterward the planet appeared east of the star. In December the planet apparently turned and went backward, till he passed the star again on March 14, appearing, since then, on Regulus's western side. On the 30th of this month he will pass again to the eastward, at only 41 minutes' interval from Regulns, and thereafter they will grow further and further apart all the year. Saturn is still a conspicuous object in the western sky, but is getting nearer the sun all the time. He sets now about 10 o'clock, and retires about three minutes earlier every successive evening during the month. Mars is coming out from his retirement behind the sun, and appears on the east-earn side of that orb for a short time before sunrise. He rose this morning soon after 4 o'clock, and will grow earlier in bis habits by about two minutes every day. Mercury, Uranus and Neptune are invisible without a glass, and even with one Mercury is to be caught only on the 25th, just before sunrise. The moon which now fills the midnight sky with slowly waning brilliancy is property the April moon. During the month she occults Mercury and Uranus, but only observers in the South seas will be favored with the sight. The constellations are fast rolling westward. Orion is visible for a little while after sunset, and the great Sirius outshines Saturn in the evening sky, while his forerunner, Procyon, is almost out of sight. Arcturus is nearly overhead. Capella and Vega are respectively east and west of the North star, at about the same distance and nearly in line. Soon the Crab will have crawled into bis summer place of chief constellation, and his red eye, Antares, will glow unrivaled in the southern sky. Afghan Nomenclature. "Ab" means water, as in Punjab (that is, "the five waters," referring to the five great rivers that traverse the northwestern province of Hindostan), or, as in Hurrirab (the water of the "Hurris,").or, as in Surkh-ab (the "red water"), and bo on. ''Koh" is a mountain, as in Safeyd-koh, (the "white mountain") Koh-i-Baba (the mountains ofBabah Baber), or, as in Hindoo Knosh (the Hindostanee mountain). "Abad" asatermiaial (the "City of Allah"), Ahmedabed (the "City of Ahmed"), and so forth. "Safeyd'' is white, "aiah" black, "surkh" red, "nil" blue, etc. Then there are the numerals, such as "panj" or "punj" (five), "char" or "chabar," four, etc., all of which are descriptive of certain characteristics of the places to the names of which they are attached. "Panjdeh" is an example, for as "deh" means a village, and "panj" five, as already explained, the name of the place signifies a collection of five Turkoman villages. Wherever "kotul" occurs it signifies simply a pass over a mountain spur. For instance, the first victory General Roberts won in Afghanistan was at the Paiwar Kotul, the pass of the Paiwar, 9000 feet high. The Weight of the Sun. New York World. Ah astronomer gives us an idea of the weight of the sun and earth as follows : "Let us, to start with, weigh the sun. Suppose we have a balance gigantic enough for the purpose, and the sun is resting on one of the scales. Now put tbe earth on the opposite scale. You might as well weigh your head against one of the towers of the East river bridge. Pile a hundred thousand earths into the balance, and the sun does not stir. There lies the colossus immovable. But get together another hundred thousand earths, and then another hundred thousand, and stack them up in the pan against the sun. Three hundred thousand worlds piled up on one side of the balance and still the sun keeps them up. It would take 30,-000 more, or 330,000 earths, to make a beam even against a single sun, and six sex til lions is the number representing the earth in tons, a mass which is shooting through space at the rate of eighteen miles in a second." A Hint to Bnstness Men. The New York Newsdealer makes the following suggestion to business men: "Poster advertising, rock and fence painting, and flooding the mails with circulars and postal cards are some of the forms of advertising which disgust more people than they attract, and even if effective are a very wasteful mode of reaching the public. In the selection of a proper medium many points of value might be taken into consideration by advertisers. Newspapers which are not respected and faithfully read are not good mediums for advertisers. Newspapers that are purchased to while away a half hour on street car or elevated railway, are not carried home and do not sell anybody's wares. Such papers are no better than circulars and almost as wasteful. The experience of enterprising and sagacious business men demonstrates that the best results attend advertising in home newspapers those which go into families and are read by one after another in the home circle. BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN IS THE WAR CLOUD PUSHED AWAY. The Czarina Fashing the Peace Negotia tions The Probability of No Trouble Increasing The Situation in Panama. ENGLAND. London, May 3. The Cabinet council on Saturday had under consideration a dispatch received from Sir Edward Thornton, British minister to Russia, stating that M. de Gicrs, Russian minister of foreign affairs, asked for time in which to discuss and interpet the agreement of March 17 before deciding whether arbitration was required to settle the pending difficulties. As a result of the Cabinet discussion Earl Granville intimated his willingness to defer the laying of the dispute before the third power for settlement, provided M. de Giers admitted the principle of arbitration. Further communication from Sir Edward Thornton was received at tbe foreign office tonight. It is reported that the English minister states in this dispatch that Rjtesia accepts the principle of arbitration. A Cabinet council has been summoned for tomorrow. The Czarina, whose influence is nearly absolute over the Czar, is actively assisting in the peace negotiations. Sunday editions of the London newspapers confirm the report that a secret treaty has been made between England and Turkey. According to the terms of the treaty England will be allowed to send men-of-war through the Dardenelles in the event of war. The News says the prospects for peace have been much clearer and more amply confirmed within the last forty-eight hours. The Russian dispatch, conciliatory in tone and sut stance, sent to the government by telegraph after the Czar conferred with his ministers, and a courier with official written reply to Earl Granville, is now on the way to London. The News warns its readers, however, against hasty conclusions that peace is assured. Earl Granville and the Duke of Cambridge at the Royal academy banquet spoke hopefully of the peaceful settlement of the difficulties. Earl Granville had an extended conference with the Queen Sunday. CENTRAL AMEBfCA. Panama, via Galveston, May 3. Generals Aizpurn and Sendoval and Drs. Vallurine - and Coroailles have been taken prisoners by General Reyes, commander of the National forces, and confined in the Parliament-house. Many other prisoners have been placed in the common prison. General Aizpurn was imprisoned for not having delivered the quantity of arms. All was quiet last night, although much firing was heard on the outskirts of the city the night before. MEXICO. City or Mexico, via Galveston, May 3. In regard to Mormons emigrating from the United States to Mexico, the government officially announces that those coming will not have any concessions granted them, but are at liberty to come as other emigrants, subject to the laws of the republic, which forbid polygamy. RUSSIA. St. Pjjteksbubg, May 3. Though there is no definite news on the subject, the war cloud seems suddenly to have dissolved. It is stated that the ministers in council today decided to meet the utmost limits of English concession. DENMARK. Copenhagen, May 3. The governments of Denmark, Sweden and Norway agree to maintain a strict neutrality in the event of war between England and Russia. CANADA. Ottawa, May 3. A cable message from Lbndon announces the death there by smallpox of Colonel Kennedy, of the Nile voyagers. Irrational School. Books. Springfield (Mass.) Union. Henry C. Robinson of Hartford, who was the Republican candidate for Governor of Connecticut against Richard D. Hubbard in 1876, and is well known beyond tbe borders of his own state for his fine culture and sound ideas, delivered an address at the Hartford High school the other evening, in which some of the absurdities of modern public school education were sharply punctured. The king evil of the system, Mr. Robinson thinks, is the overgrown text-books, and of these the arithmetic is, in bis estimation, the worst. The current text-books of arithmetic have swallowed up algebra and geometry, and are making inroads on trigonometry and conic sections, and no one can tell where the process will stop, perhaps not until, under the guise of arithmetic, the boys and girls are put at the differential calculus and quaternions. We can back up Mr. Robinson's statement from our own knowledge, and most parents whohave children in the schools can do the same. One arithmetic that we have in mind abounds in problems simple enough to solve by the methods of algebra and trigonometry, but brain torturers when attacked by the clumsy analysis of arithmetic. What is called education is full of such idiotic mental gymnastics. The harm done is twofold. It puts on immature minds a strain that should be experienced only after they are well developed, and it wastes the time that should be devoted during the impressionable period of youth to the cultivation of observing power and of the imagination. It is not an easy matter to place the blame for this educational mischief. Teachers often protest against it, recognizing its folly, so do some (superintendents, as we notice in their communications to educational journals. Yet among teachers, superintendents, committees and bookmakers altogether, satisfactory progress is not made toward a more rational system, and in some cases the evil is actually growing. Not Badly Injured. Mrs. R. D. Harrison has received a letter from Mrs. Jackson, nee Miss Fannie Manette Smith, in which she states that notwithstanding the serious accident which befel her in a car in New York recently, her mother, Mrs. Dr. Smith, was not seriously injured. It was almost a miracle that she escaped, as the pole of a steam fire engine penetrated the car, the horses at full speed, and several people were injured. Railway News. The Wagner sleeping cars will be taken off the Wabash unless the Mann cars are dropped. This is said to be official. Tbe Pennsylvania people report the limited express trains as more than satisfactory. Not one train has failed to earn something over its expenses. It is feared that the Peoria, Decatur and Springfield road is on the brink of a receivership. The loss so far has more than eaten up last year's surplus. The directors of the Pennsylvania railroad have declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent., payable in cash on and after May 29, as registered on the books April 30, 1885. The earnings of the Indiana, Blooming-ton and Western Railway Company for the week ending April 23, were: 1885, $42,037.57; 1884, $40,756.11; increase, $1,461.46. From January 1 to April 23 : 1885, $723,257.33; 1884, $690,485.65; increase, $32,771.68. It is stated that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on Wednesday placed $4,000,000 of collateral trust bonds through Messrs. Speyer & Co. of New York. The total issue of the bonds is $10,000,000, and most of them are held in London, where they are quoted at about 102. There is said to be an exceedingly fast freight train on the Panhandle, which is making considerable money for tbe company. It is scheduled regular enough but is said to be under special orders to run wild, and in so doing makes the run between New York and Chicago several hours ahead of anything on other lines. A GREAT BATTLF. The Salvation Army Make a Renewed Attack on Golumbns. Major Frank Smith, the head of all the Salvationists in the United States, is here, and with him are several other officers of the host. They made a most vigorous assault upon Columbus and believe that the "rebels" are about to surrender. They made a grand sortie upon the streets in the afternoon, and had enormous crowds around them everywhere. The major and his cohorts made music with cornet, accordion and banjo, the last named instrument being in the deft hands of a "saved minstrel," who had formerly used it in the godless service of edifying gallery "gods" in "Old Dan Tucker" and various other sacrilegious tunes. Exhortations were made on street corners, and the army marched with beating of drums to their headquarters, back of the Neil house. But the greatest meeting was the "Blood and fire soul-saving time" last night. Gore and conflagration were rife. The army took its accustomed round of the streets under the leadership of the gallant major. It was raining but the fearless officer said, in true military style: "Come, my lads, a little rain won't do. any harm when it is encountered in the cause of the Lord. There may be a man in a saloon, gone in out of the wet in order to get wet, whom we may take prisoner," and away they started. When they returned to the peculiar-looking hall they found an eager crowd of at least a thousand awaiting them. They kept their drums going with an immense clatter as they took their places in front, and as soon as they were all on the platform they began one of their "Songs of victory," with cornet and banjo accompaniment. This song was a wild cry of "When the battle's over we shail wear a crown," and included the self-sacrificing statement, "We're glad we're saved to march the muddy streets." Then followed a prayer, in which the worshiper spoke in terms of the greatest intimacy with the Almighty, saying, "We don't merely think, ws don't express it as our opinion, but we know, as a matter of fact, without the slightest doubt, that we are going on our way to heaven. We state it without fear of sue cessful contradiction." This produced the greatest excitement among the army, who backed up their superior officer's statement with vociferous "glory hallelujahs" and "amens." Then Captain Graves offered a prayer, in which she was worked into a frenzy, and all around her uttered battle cries in loud voices. It was an exciting thing for the audience, and many were deeply affected by it. Songs and experience confessions followed, interspersed with prayers. In the reading of the lines of a new battle cry Major Smith's lieutenant went into ecstacies, and addressed his army between the lines with the most intense enthusiasm. For instance : ' "But tbe work is not all dark. There is much of the bright Bide. Now comes what you are all glad to hear : " 'Fight on, happy comrades, the prize is hejore,' "Oh, ain't you glad you're goin' to get a prize? That's it! You're goin' to get the grandest kind of a prize!" Cries of "Yes," "Amen," "Glory," etc., etc These meetings are certainly the means of reaching hundreds who could not be reached in any other way. Most of those present last night were of the commonest classes, but many of them arose and expressed themselves in surprisingly good language, with fervor produced by the religious feeling withiu them. No one can say that the leaders are frauds or wolves in sheep's clothing, for thty show almost fearful earnestness. The general officers will remain here at least today. GEOLOGICAL TOUR. A Scientific Visit to the Hocking Valley Coal Regions. Dr. Edward Orton, of Ohio State university, took his geology class on a tour through the coal regions on Saturday. There were seventeen in the party, among them three young ladies of the class of Miss Mary Orton. On starting the students were furnished with a list of points to be noted from the cars, beginning with the boulder clay and gravel banks south of the city. The course was down the Hocking valley to Logan and then out the Straitsville branch, along which a number of important formations were noted. The principal point in the trip was Buchtel. Here Edward Orton, jr. was found and he gave the party a hearty and hospitable welcome. He is engaged at this place as mining engineer. After dinner the hills were scaled for the Cambridge and Ames limestones, which were found at the expected levels. When some of those who are accustomed to tbe level regions had reached the top of the dividing ridge between Monday and Sunday creeks and saw the upa and downs of the surrounding country, they formed some new ideas about bills. Mines 27 and 25 of the syndicate were visited and a number of the engineering corps kindly acted as guides. They were thoroughly acquainted with the mine, and explained a good many interesting points. The little forts which were put up during the strike excited considerable interest, and the party went into one of them. While the iron furnace was being visited a lot of sla was run out. The party returned on the evening train somewhat wearied with the hard after noon's walk, but none too tired to have a jolly time, such as a crowd of students alone can have. VERY NEAR TO DEATH. Little Joe Nnsbaum Has a Narrow Kscape from Drowning. An accident occurred yesterday afternoon that came near resulting fatally to little Joey Nusbaum. He is the oldest son of Isadore Nusbaum, the letter-carrier, who lives in the alley in the rear of the Fulton Street engine-house. It has been the custom ever since the warm weather opened for parties to fish in the rapid water below the state dam. This is very dangerous, as a single misstep will precipitate the angler into the deep water below. Only a week ago Friday two men were carried over and nearly drowned, and several persons have been swept down since by the swift current. Yesterday, about 2 p. m., Joey and his companions went down to the river to watch tbe men fish, and in their eagerness they ventured out upon the slippery apron of the dam. Suddenly Nusbaum stepped upon a rolling stone and fell headlong into the river. His companions were helpless with fear, and could do nothing to save the drowning lad. Nobody seemed willing to plunge into the water, and he had gone down for the second time when a Mr. ConstanE, who is employed in the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo freight office, sprang into the river and bore the nearly unconscious boy safe to shore. He carried him to the office and when the lad had recovered sufficiently to tell him his name and address took him home. Tbe boy seemed to realize how near he had been to the other world and appeared very thankful to his rescuer. Although very weak he is out of danger. DECORATION DAY. A Practical Sngfeitlon for Oooil Work On Decoration Day. Hon. J. M. Dalzell wiites to the State Jol'bnal, asking why some practical benefit may not be realized from the observance of Decoration day. He favors the increase of the relief fund for poor and aged comrades, and for the widows and orphans of the dead; and thus tells how he would have it done : "As Decoration day will be celebrated in every county of Ohio, and great crowds gather on the occasion, let the Grand Army poBt at each place take up a collection for the relief fund. The people will contribute liberally, for they all love the cause, and they all know that the quartermaster of each post is under bond for the faithful disbursement of the fund. I believe there is not a post in Ohio that could not raise $100 at least for the relief fund, and some of them $10,000, if the post commander will explain it fully to the people, and give them the opportunity of honoring themselves by this offering to the dead." Mr. Dalzell's suggestion is worthy of earnest consideration. CKOWMSG THE VIRGIN. Testcrdny'n Interesting Exercises at St. Patrick's Church. The May services held at St. Patrick's church in honor of the Blessed Virgin yesterday were of more than usual inter est and were witnessed by large numbers of the faithful. The altar erected to the Virgin Mary in the sanctuary is a beautiful piece of decoration and shows great taste on the part of those who had charge of it. In the afternoon a procession was formed by Rev. Father Drjlaney, the sanctuary boys, with cross-bearer, and the school children, about fifty of whom went singing the litanies, and were neatly attired in white dresses and veils. A statue of the Virgin was carried to the rear of the church where a throne was erected, on which it was placed and crowned by the children. Father Delaney delivered an able discourse, setting forth the reasons why the Blessed Virgin should be honored, and why the Catholic church so honored her. It was listened to with matked attention by the large numbers who had followed. After the crowning the procession returned to the church, where the services closed with the benediction of the blessed sacrament.There will be services at 7 ::0 on every Friday evening during the month, at which Father Delaney will deliver sermons.Resignation of Professor Snyder. Professor D. J. Snyder of Reynoldsburg on Saturday resigned his position as county examiner. This will be much regretted by a great many teachers of this county. Professor Snyder has been one of the county examiners for ten or twelve years and has always diligently and faithfully attended to his duties. Since his public association with the common schools of Frunklin county, a very marked improvement has taken place in their condition both as regards government and systematic instruction. This improvement is due largely to the efforts of Mr. Snyder at the annual county institutes ef the teachers held in this city. On these occasions Professor Snyder always was ready with fluent and easy speech to impart his ideas and methods of teaching to hia professional brethren and to so encourage them that they returned to their labors after the winter vacation feeling better prepared to execute the tasks to which they had obligated themselves. The teachers remember Professor Snyder kindly, and it is hoped that Judge Saffin will fill the vacancy caused by his resignation by the appointment ot a gentleman worthy of the trust that he will be called upon to perform. As the resignation has not yet been accepted, no other appointment has been made. A Ilevimt Worshiper. Rev. Dr. Mullenix, of Town Street M. E. church, is considerable of a hustler, if such a term may be applied to hia work on Sunday. He officiated at eight religious exercises yesterday, at three of which he preached sermons, and performed two marriage ceremonies. In the afternoon he addressed the inmates at the Central Asylum for Insane, and during his sermon met with a little episode which was a new experience in his ministry of twenty-five years. While talking to the patients he employed an illustration to make plain the loss of opportuni'iea in life and the lesson was rather a discouraging one, tending to fill one with regret more than joy, when one ot the patients in the rear part of the auditorium gave vent to a strong, healthy "amen !" It was so ludicrous and inappropriate that' the doctor was for the first 'ime in his life as a preacher thrown off his guard, and was obliged to join others in a hearty laugh. Wlnle not reflecting upon the sermon, the question is whether the laugh did not accomplish an equally good service for the patients and those who indulged in it. Frleuds Meeting. There was a very interesting meeting at the Friends church on Ohio avenue at 11 o'clock yesterday. Some members of the Legislature and other citizens and strangers were in attendance. Noah C. Mc-Clean from Greenwich, George Willis from Berea and John Carey from Jones-boro, Ind., all ministers of the Friends, were in attendance. Mr. McOlean preached a very interesting and ab e sermon concerning excitement in religions revivals, answering from Scripture and from his own observation extendiuz through his ministry of fourteen years, all the oft-repeated objections to excitement connected with the conversion of sinners. Mr. McClean has a "visible admixture" of negro blood, but in his preaching he seems as calm and clear and self-possessed as a staid senator, using good language and bringing out his points with force and clearness. He and (jeorge Willis have recently asked and obtained permission from the church to trftvel in the East and attend the various yearly meetings of Friends as far as Maine. A Bloodless Encounter. Yesterday afternoon two of the members of the Salvation army were standing near the Neil house, when a third party stepped up and told one of them that he was going to whip him. He squared off and was going to "do" the army up badly, but the Becond division spied Officer Boyle, and with him bore down upon the belligerent. The whipper took to hiB heele, leaving the victorious army in possession of the field. They requested "Boyle to arrest the fleeing man, but as the officer had not witnessed any of the trouble, he told them the best thing they could do would be to swear out a warrant and have him arrested today. The trouble originated in the Salvation hall, where the officer of the army tried to induce the slugger to join. This angered him, and he was proceeding to tackel the officer when he was forced to retreat. She Loved T'other Fellow Rest. The marriage of Mr. Milton Smith and Miss M. M. Sayre of Lexington, Ky., and their presence here were recently noted in the State Jocknal. The Daily Press of that city, in speaking of the affair, says "it was not without some degree of romance. The lady beingalso the betrothed of another young gentleman, the two determined to elope to Cincinnati and become man and wife, going to the depot and waiting for the train's departure. Mr. Smith was apprised of this state of things, rushed to tho depot, held a hurried convetsation with he lady and both were quickly married at the county clerk's office. A disappointed young man will dispose of two round-trip tickets to Cincinnati very cheaply." A Columbus Favorite Disabled. The following from an exchange will be read with much interest here : Frank Mountain, the disabled pitcher of the Allegheny club, is suffering severely from a sore arm. The complaint has ast-umed the form of blood poisoning, which seemR to bailie all physicians. Mom tain today announced that he would give S"(X) to the person who would cure the complaint in a week. Three weeks ago he cauitbt cold in the shoulder and upon tbe advice of a physician bathed it with falt and sulphur. Instead of giving him relief it broke the skin and allowed the sulphur to impregnate the blood. THE WEATHBB. Orricu op Cb-ikp siomal OrrisER, WisimiaToir, D. C May 3, 11 p. m. (T.nb meridian time) Observations taken at tbe eame moment of time at all stations : I PLACE OF OBiEUVAIION. If Chattanooga Cincinnati Columbus Indianapolis Louisville.. Memphis- Nashville Pittsburg Cairo Davenport Des Moines Keokuk St. Louis St. Paul SpringDeld. 111... Leavenworth Omaha, .... . Bismarck, Dak-. Denver, Col Bait Lake City..... Cleveland Detroit Chi, ago (0.0 NW W W 8W w 8W NW 3 S NW Clear U9i Fair 1.91 clear Clear J9.94; .'9.K8 (Cloudy 30.02 uiear tO.OO Ciear Ltrala ."9 97 Clear Clear . clear Clear Clear Clear Glear Clear J9 M 29 Mil 52 29.95 a 9.- 29.92 st 6i 50 54 60 60 V2 ,54 64 a w w 2 -J 97! Ca 29.97 SK NK SW I SW SW Clear 29 9d Clear 29 W loud? toa Cloudy Clear 29 M 43 9.8 43 Ltrala .9.891 47 Clear INDICATIONS. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Fair weather, westerly winds in Ohio valler.-oisBaerly to western winds in Tennessee; slightly warmer. Lower Lake Fair weather, southerly winds becoming variable, higher temperature. Upper MiaiSHippl Valley Warmer nnd fair weather, slight variable winds. Local Observations, Taken at the 0". 8 sifmal Office. Columbus. O., iiuh, .May .1 , E h 3 i g. s f ; a s Time. 5 g 1 I g . ..ii 6:28 a. m.... 29 170 30.010 40 6 NW 6 "air 10:28 a.m.... 29.168 30.008 494 W 7 Clear 2:28 p.m.... 29.100 29 940 51.4 W 12 Clear I 6:28 p. m ... 29 092 29.K32 49.4 NW 16 Lt rain 10:28 p. m.. T)M1j 29.9i0 47 W 3 Clear Mdrimnm M f ,, ... Hfli n- i . . I , ... .......... ature. :W5; mean dally temperature, 47.3; elondl-vi ness 3.0; averane direction of wind, n rlhwesl;-average state ot weather, clear: precipitation, .02. 1 Same day last year: Maximum, 66: minimum, 41; mean daily temperatuie, 57.7: average cloudl" ness, 6 7 average dir. ction of wind southeast; v! erase state of weather, fair; precipitation, . F T. Williams, I Private, Signal Corps, V. 8. A. 1 ItOLY FAMILY CUUROD. Interesting; Discourse Vestorrlny Sunsrrip. tlous for the Mew Church. Kev. Father Clarke, editor of the Cath olic Columbian and pastor of Holy Faultily church, West Side, preached a veryf able and eloquent discourse before hit congregation yesterday at 10 o'clock high mass. His subject was the religious ob servance of the mouth of May by tha Catholic church throughout the world. In every Catholic church an attar erected on the left side of the sanctuary, wuere uigu ujhss is ceieunueu oy me priest or bishop. The altar is decorat with candles, crucifix and statue of thl Blessed Virgin. This baa been the euaton of the church for over eighteen hundred j After mass Father Clarke held a meet ing in the school-room with the membestfi of his congregation for the purpose m taking up a subscription to aid in tbji 3 building of the new Holy Family churcfc fB on West Broad street. Ex-Counciltna "ft W. T. Molloy started the subscription Jl with $250 and Martin Whalen with 25,001 brick, and others continued with 10,000. Father Clarke said that bids for the contract of building would be received next week, and that it would require $0000 to start the new edifice. Borrowed I'lumage. A soldier by the name of Whorfel, oi company C, at the Barracks, created considerable stir Saturday by indulging inrV'' fitful freak for borrowed plumage, which is likely to cause him some trouble. Shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning he entered a house on Grove btrtet with a false key, donned a full suit K civilian's clothing and left the house without awakening the occupantB. Proceed , ing up street he entered Berkley 'a liver stable, and, representing himself to be C. G . Collins, a book agent, secured a luW out for the day. Shortly after his departure the owner of the clothing discovered his loss and two or three soldiers volunteered to hunt the fugitive up. By some mistake they obtained tbe impression that the rig had been obtained of Coroner Bgan and consequently haunted the premises all day to no purpose. About 8 o'clock Saturday evening a rmall colored boy drove the turnout to Buckley's stable and said he had been told to deliver it and say that Mr. Collini would have use for it for a number of days and would like to have it reserved for him. At 10 o'clock Officer Kennedy discovering that Wherfel was at the Barracks went out at once and had him placed in the guard-house to await a warrant, which Mr. Beckley says he will issue today. Subsequently it was learned that Wherfel had returned the clothing on hia return from the ride. He now languishes in prison, his offer to compromise for ?" being refused. Hannah Neil Mission Report. The report of the Hannah Neil mission for April shows the following: Donations Mrs. Edward Aston and Mrs. Harry Waldo, children's clothes; Mrs. Frank Brooks, clothing, books and toys; Mrs. Edward Fitch, twenty yards muslin; Mrs. M. M. Greene and Mrs. H. A. Lanman. books and papers; Mrs. J. It. Hughe ana. Mis. Dr. Gladden, canned fruit; Mrs. J. J. Janney, bedstead; Mr. Hardt. ham. Money contributions P. W. Huntiugton, $20; J. W. Andrews, C0; Miss Gwynne, 55; Mrs. Charles Butler's class $2 60. Number of persons cared for, 25. Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Orton were the executive committee for April. Bids were received at the last meeting for furnuuiing ice at the home during the summer months. Mr. Fred. Jaeger offered to furnish it free, and his bid was accepted.A vote of thanks was tendered Profeseor W. R. Luzenby for valuable assistance on Arbor day and for donation of eight trees. Found Her Father. Yesterday afternoon when the Panhandle train arrived from Newark, it was discovered that there was a little girl not more than 3 years old on board who was evidently lost. Tho conductor said that he had found her on the train after they had left Newark. She was taken to the city prison and Turnkey Kelly telegraphed her description to Newark and got an answer in about an hour - stating that her name was Wickergam and thk; parties bad been looking for her there for some hours. She was a bright liltlo thing, and nobody knows bow she got on the train. Mrs. Farrell of 111 Scioto street kindly took charge of her for the night. The Sablua 'Affair. A gentleman who had been in Sabira yesterday reported that the excitement in tnat town over the ill treatment of Miss Allen by Fertich of this city, is still great, and that if he should show himself in the town he would certainly be roughly handled. The stories, as told there concerning the trouble, are even worse than have been published. Church luipruvemeuts. Town Street church is to be greatly improved at once. Dr. Mullenix had a few things to say in his sermon yesterday morning, and the consequence was the immediate subscription of $1500 for the purpose. There is to be new frescoing and painting, and an iron fence will be put up in front. Penitentiary Points. The Sunday services were well attended by visitors yesterday. G. H. Argo, a convict, bad the rirf liuger of the right hand amputated, rendered necessary by the death of the boas. The warden has received notice frto Sheriff D. W. Baldtrtn of Ashtabula that Lewis Webster, under sentence of death, will be brought down this week. 4

Jourriitr J She State VOL. XL.VI. NO. 106. COLUMBUS, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1885. ESTABLISHED 1811, hio i I I A BOILER SENT SKYWARD. HORRIBLE EXPLOSION AT GALVESTON. A Boiler at th. Tremont Home Lets Go, Killing Five Persons and Wound-lag a Number Terrific Force of the Shock. Galveston, May 3. A terrible catastrophe occurred in this city at 7 :30 o'clock this morning. One of the boilers at the Tremont hotel exploded, instantly killing a number of persons, wounding several others, doing great damage to the hotel and neighboring property. The killed are as follows: Several children, Lawrence Carr, foreman, who leaves a family; Clara Miller, a white woman, and Anderson Jones, colored, a scrubber. The following are the wounded : Jose Aquilla, pastry cook, badly ; bruised, injured internally; John At man, bell boy, shoulder broken, otherwise injured; Maurice Sullivan, collar bone broken, badly cut about the head ; R. Walton, colored waiter, arm broken, badly bruised ; Mrs. Burns, linen woman, slightly bruised about the head. Tbe concussion from the explosion was appalling. The Tremont house is large five-story brick structure, with 130 feet frontage on Tremont street and about the same depth on Church street. The boiler-house was situated at the northwest corner of the building, and was a small, one-story brick structure attached to the main building. The explosion shook the great building with such terrible force the guests thought a tremendous earthquake had occurred, and ran panic-stricken about the hallways. The scene ef the calamity presents a dreary spectacle ; not one brick of the boiler-house remains upon another, but in its place, scattered about for half a square, lies the debris of the building, engine, pumps and boilers. The northwest wing of the hotel above the boiler-house was badly wrecked, the walls cracked and the windows demolished. Fortunately but few guests were quartered in this portion of the building. There were two horizontal tubular boilers, each sixty-horse power, attached to tbe hotel, only one of whieh was being used at tbe time of the explosion. Both were new, manufactured in St. Louis, and set up only last October. As the huge monster left its bed it shot away from the main structure, passing out the engine-house end first. It crossed the intervening yard, pasted through a two-story frame building, where the servants slept, then crossed Twenty-fourth street, passing entirely over a story and a half frame house fronting Twenty-fourth street, then crashed through the roof of a smail frame house occupied by a colored family, who escaped unhurt. Continuing onward, it entered a one-story house of ill repute, kept by a colored woman, Julia Winters. This house was practically annihilated, not one stick left standing. It was here that Clara Miller, a white woman, was killed, and Maurice Sullivan, her companion, fatally injured. Every colored occupant ot the house escaped uninjured. After causing this' destruction the giant missile finally landed inside of the adjoining small structure, protruding half inside the house and half out. Various theories are afloat regarding the cause of the accident. Engineers who examined the wreck generally agree the boiler was defective ; that its tubes were not sufficiently lapped over and welded into the manhead. It is believed the steam gauge did not register 00 pounds at the time of the disaster, whereas the boiler was supposed to be able to sustain 200 pounds, but in the absence of the heavy bolts sustaining the manheads the boiler proved unable to bear half of its supposed pressure The damage and loss to tbe building will reach 915,000. Insured against fire. Tne hotel is owned by Colonel W. E. Hughes of Dallas, Tex. The body of Carr, the fireman, was blown over one wing of the hotel, landing in the court. NEWARK NEWS. Grand Encampment I. O. O. r A Meek Citizen Local Notes. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Newark, O., May 3. Mr. Cory Ferguson, formerly of this city, is visiting his home in this city. The Court of Common Pleas ol Licking county begins its May term tomorrow. We find two new Democratic candidates out for the nomination for county - treasurer, William Beaumont and Will Jsvis. They were out in full force among the boys last Saturday. The former is the now superintendent of the Licking County infirmary. This is Mr. Davis's second race for the nomination, and Mr. Beaumont's first. Lieutenant Griffith recovered two sets of harness and a valuable laprobe yesterday, stolen from parties in the eastern part of the county. He fouud thorn in Martinsburg, they having been sold to a merchant there, and the thieves have departed to parts unknown. John Bonner, residing on Mt. Vernon street, was found dead in his bed this morning. The direct cause of his sudden death is not known, but he has been an invalid for some years past. The funeral ttmB&hmftB are"nqf y-Jietperfected. The TWiqS". ; ratic'execfinve and advisory "'U.v'". 'dthere met in the conven-' TP KNTjJb.e court-house yesterday, vacant r. ,"' '7 an lut besjtnsun at cooiea the "dmi. of the riewarx r .rrespuuetem of the Ohio JOUKVAL. A rather aereeable-reokias going about town Saturday with scheme of imposing upon unsuspecting citizens. It seems he learned the name and origin Of a number of our cit izens and would go to them with a pitiable face and tell them his name and origin was similar to theirs, or that some circumstance in the past had made them un known friends and plead destitution, saying that he wanted to get to Columbus, wfiere he would be cared for. He was seen Saturday evening under circumstances that would indicate that he had got considerable change. The Grand Encampment L O. O. F. will take place here the first of this week. Tomorrow will be spent in receiving and waiting upon delegations and visitors. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Warden. Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent in organization and general business of the encampment. A grand ball will be given at the Fifth Street rink and a banquet at the City hall will beheld Wednesday evening. Some thousand invitations have been issued and everything will be done by the local committee to make all a grand success. Miners' Strike la the Tuscarawas Valley. Clstwlasd, May 3. The threatened strike among the coal miners of the Tuscarawas and Connotton valleys, which it is feared will involve all the miners in the district (nearly 6000 in number), was inaugurated Saturday evening. A special from Canton says that 260 men in the Connotton district have quit work. The Tuscarawas and Connotton operators say that the rate of 55 cents per ton established in the Hocking valley enables Hocking operators to undersell them in Cleveland and other lake ports. The Richards Coal Company, employing a large number of men, have posted a reduction from 75 to 60 cents, and it is said their miners will go out tomorrow. Other operators will make similar reductions. President McBride, of the Miners' association, has advised an acceptance of the reduction, but the men do not seem inclined to do so. Farewell Sermon of Alliterative Burchard. Naw Yqbx, May 3. Bev. Dr. S. D. Burchard this evening preached his farewell sermon as pastor of the Murray Hill He"! an wTk a new I Presbyterian church. The subject of his discourse was tbe doctrine If universal sinfulness and justification by faith. A man, he said, was condemned for one fault, and no future works ot superoga-tion could atone for past transgressions. At the close of his sermon Dr. Burchard reviewed his whole ministerial career from 1839, when he came to New York from the seminary in Danville, Ky., and took charge of the Houston Street Presbyterian church, where he remained pastor for forty consecutive years. The Murray Hill church grew out of that organization, but did not prosper at the old church, owing to the hard times. He made no direct reference to his famous alliteration, ''Rum, Romanism and Rebellion." SPORTING MATTERS. Wretched Fielding Loses a Game for Pitts-bars; Seren Thousand Spectator. Present.Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cincinnati, May 3. Wretched fielding on tbe part of the Pittsburgh and lucky batting by the home nine decided today's contest. Shallix, pitcher for the Cincin-natis, was struck on the arm in the second inning by a pitched ball, and was compelled to retire. Corkhill pitched the test of the game and Baldwin played right field. Seven thousand people attended. The score is as follows : CINCINNATI. A.B. . IB. T.B. P.O. O. Z. Jones, L f &214,OI0 Reilly, lb 4 0 1 1 10 12 Fennelly, s. s 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 Carp- nter, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 MePhee, 2b 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Corkhill, L f. and p... 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 Snyder, c l 2 4 8 2 0 :lin on. m. f 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 Shallix, p tt 0 0 0 0 2 0 Baldwin, r. 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 Totals 11 14 riTTSBUHG. Brown, r. f Smith, 2b Eden, L Kuehne, no Mann. m. f Richmond, s. s Fields, lb Miller, c O'Day, p P.O. 0 5 2 2 3 1 Totals 36 9 15 27 15 11 Innings ... Cincinnati.. Pittsburg 123456789 0 0. 310210 0-7 21010001 16 Earned runs Cincinnati 1. Pittsburg 3. Home runs Brown, Jones. Two-bate hiis Brown, snydt-r. Three-base hits Smith. Passed bail Miller 2. Wi d Diteh .-shallix First base on bulls Off C;.rkhill 1, off O'Day 1. First base on errors v.iuuiu:iau iu, ruuDurg &trucjt out By sna:-lix 1, by Corkhill 5, by O'Day 1. Double plays Snyder and Reilley one McPhec. Fr-nneltv an i Reilly one, Miller and Field one. Umpire Walsh. Other Games. At Milwaukee Milwaukee 6, Toledo 1. At Louisville Louisville 4, rft. Louis 2. At Kansas City Kansas City 14, Cleveland 6. A Probable Clue to the Pittsburg Trunk Tragedy. Chicaoo, May 3. Francisco Caurosa. a resident of the Italian district of this city, believes the corpse discovered at Pittsburg in the trunk from Chicago, to be that of his brother, Phillipo Caurosa. FranoiRO dnAH net nnrlnrcranl TT.ir.lial. - U 1 H. 1 J and bad not heard of the mystery until tuis morning wneu, witn otners, He listened to the reading by an interpreter of the newspaper account of the affair. He Wflfl at fini'fl imnrABoarl wttk thu belief that the dead man was his brother, and said he thought Phildpo had been murdered for his money. He and hifl brother. FrnnMnr livoH fnn0tKUr Last Thursday morning Phillipo took his savings, amounting to S350, and started out in search ot a lemon route, he being a peddler of lemons. Phillipo did not return that night, nor bad his brother seen aim. i ran Cisco is ot tne opinion that bis brother was the victim of foul play, and that hifl bod V now fltmita iriAnrifif.Atlnn in Pittsburg. The Condition ot General Grant. Nbw York. May 3. Doctors Douglas, Shrady and Sands met in consultation at the house of General Grant this afternoon. As Drs. Shrady and Douglas were leaving the house they were questioned, and said: "That Saturday night, with one exception, was the best with the general since the recovery Degan. The general slept well all night. The cancerous lump at the base of the tongue at present was not progressing. The ulcerated portions of the throat, though not by any means healed, were clean, and his general physical condition is improved. The glandular swelling, that had increased on Satur day afternoon, had almost disappeared during Sunday by reason of 'rest.' " When pressed to say if the cancerous lump had improved, the doctors declined to say further than the above. Stocks SIes at Westerville. Special to tbe Ohio State Journal. Westkrvii.le, May 2. The regular monthly stock sales were held here today with a good attendance. The bidding was good and the stock sold fairly well. The following is the full report of sale: Five head of 2-year-old steers at $05.25 per head ; two 2-year-old steers $38 per head ; one cow and calf $40; two yearling heifers $23 per head; one 2-year-old heifer $27; one bull and cow $3.60 per hundred ; three yearling heifers $53 for the lot ; five yearlings at $16 per head; one bull $20; one 2-year-old heifer $29; one 4-vear-old colt $131; one brood sow $13.25; one bunch of hogs $5 and $6 per head. A house and lot was also sold, bringing $525. The next stock sale will be held the first Saturday in next month. The Ku-Klux Revived. Nashville, May 3. A Waverly, Tenn., special to the American says: Late last BHght a party of disguised men visited the boose of Conley Johnson, colored, in Big wwBi sir r.oenezer ennren, ana ordered him to open his door. He refused. asm tne door was broken down and several shots fired into the house. Johnson leaped from a back window nd started to run away, when a dozen or twenty shots were fired at him. When his body was found this morning it was giled with shot, and a bullet hole through bis head. The affair is supposed to have been caused by a difficulty two weeks ago between a negro and a white man at a log rolling. Several negroes were whipped a week or ten days ago in the same vicinity. The parties are unknown. Movements of the Garnet. New York, May 3. The British corvette Garnet, after lying at anchor all night opposite quarantine, was visited by the health officer at sunrise todav and immediately afterward steamed 10 the new anchorage opposite Tompkinsville. At 9 o clock a. m. the American flag was hoisted to the main mast and saluted with twenty-one guns. The Union jack flew all day at the fore and the fleet signal at the mizzen mast. Captain Hand went ashore early in the day. The British con sul general did not pay a visit to the vessel, but representatives from General Hancock and several officers of the Mm nesota were among tbe visitors. The future movements of the Garnet are un certain. Fall of a Brewery. Pittsburg, May 3. Wainright's brew ery, on Thirty-sixth street, caved in with a heavy crash about 3 o'clock this morn ing. The structure was a four-story brick, substantially built. In it was 10,000 barrels of beer and a lot of new and very valuable machinery. The immense weight of the beer, it is supposed, caused the supports of the floor to give way and the building collapsed from the roof to the cellar. Tne falling in of the walls crushed the beer barrels and torrents of malt fluid ran down the street and comDletelv flood ed the cellar. The loss is estimated at over $100,000. Nobody hurt. A Town Nearly Destroyed. Kankakee, III., May 3. At 2 o'clock Sunday morning a fire at Cobery, twenty-five miles from Kankakee, destroyed twenty-four business houses and fourteen residences. Total loss, $400,000; partly lnsurea. NEW YORK HOLOCAUST. A TERRIBLE TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE. Particulars of the Tragic Affair, With a List of the Victims Narrow Escape of Some of the Residents Who Fired the Buildinc New York, May 3. Eight persons are known to have perished in the fire which occured last night in the double brick tenement. No. 672 First avenue. They were: Joseph Humphrey, aged 35; Henry Humphrey, aged 4 months ; Miss Elizabeth Hurley, aged 25 ; Mrs. Christina Koerner, aged 48; Mrs. Mina Kritbzmar, aged 32; Richard Krithzmaa, aged 11; William Hurley and Mary, a sister of Mrs. Humphrey, aged 45. With the exception of Williajm Hurley, who died this morning, ali were taken out of the building dead. Besides the killed there were fourteen persons injured. The following were partly suffocated : Mrs. Ida Roehich, aged 22 ; Albert Koerner, aged 15; Miss Kate Koerner, aged 28; William Flanagan, aged 16; George Hurlev, aged 50; Mrs. Elpha Hurley, aged 55; Mrs. Kate Limbacker, aged 26; Katie Limbacker, aged 6 ; Martha and Alfred Kritbzmar, aged respectively 12 and 10 years ; an infant child of Mrs. Roehich. The following bad each a leg broken by jumping from the windows: Pauline Koerner, aged 18; Willie Liehm-puhl, aged 7, and Rosalie Humphrey, aged 24. Tbe last named also suffered partial asphyxiation. At tbe time of the fire there were eight families in the house, with a total of thirty-six souls. In the north building Hermann Liebmpuhl occupied the second floor with his wife said one child ; George Hurley, on the third floor with his wife and four children ; Joseph Humphreys, on the fourth floor with his wife, infant eon and sister-in-law. and Jacob Koerner, on tbe top floor with his wife and children. All of these have been accounted for except Sophia Koerner, aged 14. The police had the premises carefully searched this morning, but no trace of the girl could be found. The fround or first floor was occupied by umphrey as an oyster saloon. In the south building Jacob Burg used the first floor as a saloon and the second as living apartments with his wife. The third floor was occupied by Philip Limbacher, ma wile ana cnild, tne fourth by Max Krithzmar, his wife and three children. and the top floor by Hermann Roehich, his wife and three children. Mr. Roehich was the only tenant of the building that escaped without loss. Immediately when the fire was discovered he closed his doors and windows to keep out the smoke, took nis wite and three cnildren to the front window and passed them, one by one. down the ladders erected by the firemen. in an interview Mr. Koebich said: "The fire cut off all egress by the stairs and the Ire escapes. The wood floorings of the latter and the boxes and washtubs stored therein burnt like tinder, and made the iron work of the fire escapes so hot that it was impossible to get down. If the people had only shut their doors and gone to the top of the building none would have been killed. I saw Mrs. Humphrey in the hos pital this morning, and she said that Humphrey set the place on fire." Theo. Koerner stepped from the sill of his window to that at one of Roehich's and fol lowed the Roehichs down the ladder. Mrs. Burge, finding the stairway in a blaze, got out of her front window and crossed on a sign torn from an office next door, and put up by the firemen, to a place of safety. Philip Limbacher was awakened by the smoke. He roused his wife and four children and dropped them from the third-story window into the arms of persons below. Mike Allen of No. 210 East Thirty-eiehth street caueht two of them and took them to his home, where the frantic father found them about two hours later. Officer Flaherty, who rescued three of the Koerner family, caught a third child of Limbacher's. Pauline Koerner lumped from a window on the top floor. The direct cause of the fatality is attributed to the tardy arrival of the hook and ladder companies and the panic of tenants, me nre diu not get beyond tbe fourth floor, except in the hallways, where the doors and wainscottings were blackened and charred. The building had a frontage of 35 feet and was 75 feet deep. The hallways were 3 feet wi.ie with a stair way z feet 10 inches in width, and landings 6 feet 10 inches wide. Crowds of people visited the scene of the catastrophe today, but beyond a few broken windows there was little to see of the effects of the disaster, which had caused so many deaths and so much suffering. The fire broke out in the kitchen of Humphrey s restaurant. The police think it was due to carelessness on Humphrey's part, who often closed his saloon and left a very hot nre in his range. The loss in property was insignificant. A Midnight Blaze. Chicago, May 3. Fire broke out at 11 : :30 o'clock this evening in the top of Nos. 161 and 163 South Water street, and burned so fiercely that the second and general alarm closely followed the first. At midnigbt the names appeared to be under control. The first floor of tbe building, in which the fire started, is occupied by the commission house of John Lally, and in the top story, where the fire broke out, be had a consignment of live game and poultry stored in crates and coops. The intermediate floors were occupied by several parties, whose loss will only be from water and can not be even estimated. The only damage to the first floor and stock is by water. The loss on the building will be considerable, but there is no way of ascertaining it at this hour or the amount of insurance. While the fire was at its height twenty-five firemen, who were engaged at the top floor of the burning building, were caught by a section of the falling roof. A few escaped uninjured. Some were taken out badly bruised and two are still missing. None of those rescued are fatally injured, but it is feared that the two remaining in the ruins were either killed outright or have since died of injuries, as they fail to respond to the shouts of those searching for them. Their names have not been learned. The latest estimate of the total loss is $15,000. Attacked By Prisoners. Galveston, May 3. The News's Colorado City special says: This evening Jailer Robertson while feeding the prisoners was attacked by two prisoners named Middletown and Lloyd, who took a pistol from Robertson and were beating him to death when the latter's wife came to the rescue, but her pistol refused to fire. Deputy Sheriff Parks arrived at this juncture and sent a bullet through Mid-dletown's brain, killing him instantly. Lloyd jumped from the window and was escaping when he was recaptured. The Illinois Striae. St. Louis, May 3. The condition of affairs among the coal miners at Collins-ville, Belleville and other places in Madison and fft. Clair counties, III., is still unsettled, but it is thought most of the mines will be operated tomorrow and that the threatened strike of the men will come to naught. Information from Streator and Braidwood is to the effect that compromises have been made between the miners aud mine owners at those places and that the men will resume work tomorrow. Effects of a Hailstorm. Petersburg, Va., May 3. The hailstorm which nassed over thin section Friday afternoon prevailed in many other localities and extended into .North Carolina. All the growing cotton, corn and vegetables were destroyed, and farmers will be compelled to plant again. Hail leu to tne ueptn oi twelve inches, and a whirlwind prevailed along the center of the storm, blowing down barns, fences and sheds. In some places in Surrey county, this state, the hail fell to the depth of eighteen inches, and in some spots was drifted to the depth of four feet. More Troops Needed. Speisgfield, III., May 3. Sheriff Honchett of Cook county telegraphed the Governor tonight that he was unable to control the strikers at Lemont and asked for more troops. Tbe Governor replied that if occasion required the adjutant general might call out three additional companies and place them at his disposal. Trouble is feared at Lemont. Governor Oglesby left for Elkhart, 111., tonight. Destruction of Lumber by Fire. Milwaukee, May 3. A special to the Sentinel from Stevens Point says that 5,000,000 feet of choice grade lumber belonging to Sorren & Wadleigh of that city was destroyed by fire early this morning, causing a loss of $70,000, insurance unknown. Robert Main also lost 500,000 feet, upon which there was an insurance of $3500. Murderer Captured. Deteoit, May 3. The Free Press's Marquette, Mich., special says: Pat Benon, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Kohl, was captured at Escanaba early this morning. He was taken to Isbpeming, from which place he was brought here. Bis; Fire Raginrr. Scbanton, May 3. A fire broke out this morning at 1 :30 in the large rail-mill of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company's steel-works and was raging fiercely at 2 o'clock. The general alarm was Bounded. Dedication of a Catholic College. Pittsburg, May 3. The Catholic college of the Holy Ghost was dedicated here today. Thirty thousand people attended the services and seven thousand participated in the parade. Death of Dr. Clendenln. Cincinnati, May 3. Dr. William Clen-denin, one of the oldest and best known physicians of this city, died today of pneumonia. Another Misfit. Philadelphia, May 3. A. Haller Gross has declined the appointment as consul to Athens, Greece. The Skies in May. New York Mail and Express. Venus has not yet recovered from her bashful fit of last month, and will remain hidden in the sun's rays during the greater part of May, rising and going to bed very early, and otherwise deporting herself In a circumspect manner unusual with that wayward and brilliant planet. Her retirement leaves Jupiter without a rival. He is now near quadrature, and will pass that stage on the 17th. That is to say, he is 90 degrees west of the sun, and is almost directly overhead when the sun sets. His apparently smaller companion, Regulns, will be his constant attendant during the month, and will afford an excellent gauge on the forward and backward motion of the planet. On October 7 last they were in conjunction, and afterward the planet appeared east of the star. In December the planet apparently turned and went backward, till he passed the star again on March 14, appearing, since then, on Regulus's western side. On the 30th of this month he will pass again to the eastward, at only 41 minutes' interval from Regulns, and thereafter they will grow further and further apart all the year. Saturn is still a conspicuous object in the western sky, but is getting nearer the sun all the time. He sets now about 10 o'clock, and retires about three minutes earlier every successive evening during the month. Mars is coming out from his retirement behind the sun, and appears on the east-earn side of that orb for a short time before sunrise. He rose this morning soon after 4 o'clock, and will grow earlier in bis habits by about two minutes every day. Mercury, Uranus and Neptune are invisible without a glass, and even with one Mercury is to be caught only on the 25th, just before sunrise. The moon which now fills the midnight sky with slowly waning brilliancy is property the April moon. During the month she occults Mercury and Uranus, but only observers in the South seas will be favored with the sight. The constellations are fast rolling westward. Orion is visible for a little while after sunset, and the great Sirius outshines Saturn in the evening sky, while his forerunner, Procyon, is almost out of sight. Arcturus is nearly overhead. Capella and Vega are respectively east and west of the North star, at about the same distance and nearly in line. Soon the Crab will have crawled into bis summer place of chief constellation, and his red eye, Antares, will glow unrivaled in the southern sky. Afghan Nomenclature. "Ab" means water, as in Punjab (that is, "the five waters," referring to the five great rivers that traverse the northwestern province of Hindostan), or, as in Hurrirab (the water of the "Hurris,").or, as in Surkh-ab (the "red water"), and bo on. ''Koh" is a mountain, as in Safeyd-koh, (the "white mountain") Koh-i-Baba (the mountains ofBabah Baber), or, as in Hindoo Knosh (the Hindostanee mountain). "Abad" asatermiaial (the "City of Allah"), Ahmedabed (the "City of Ahmed"), and so forth. "Safeyd'' is white, "aiah" black, "surkh" red, "nil" blue, etc. Then there are the numerals, such as "panj" or "punj" (five), "char" or "chabar," four, etc., all of which are descriptive of certain characteristics of the places to the names of which they are attached. "Panjdeh" is an example, for as "deh" means a village, and "panj" five, as already explained, the name of the place signifies a collection of five Turkoman villages. Wherever "kotul" occurs it signifies simply a pass over a mountain spur. For instance, the first victory General Roberts won in Afghanistan was at the Paiwar Kotul, the pass of the Paiwar, 9000 feet high. The Weight of the Sun. New York World. Ah astronomer gives us an idea of the weight of the sun and earth as follows : "Let us, to start with, weigh the sun. Suppose we have a balance gigantic enough for the purpose, and the sun is resting on one of the scales. Now put tbe earth on the opposite scale. You might as well weigh your head against one of the towers of the East river bridge. Pile a hundred thousand earths into the balance, and the sun does not stir. There lies the colossus immovable. But get together another hundred thousand earths, and then another hundred thousand, and stack them up in the pan against the sun. Three hundred thousand worlds piled up on one side of the balance and still the sun keeps them up. It would take 30,-000 more, or 330,000 earths, to make a beam even against a single sun, and six sex til lions is the number representing the earth in tons, a mass which is shooting through space at the rate of eighteen miles in a second." A Hint to Bnstness Men. The New York Newsdealer makes the following suggestion to business men: "Poster advertising, rock and fence painting, and flooding the mails with circulars and postal cards are some of the forms of advertising which disgust more people than they attract, and even if effective are a very wasteful mode of reaching the public. In the selection of a proper medium many points of value might be taken into consideration by advertisers. Newspapers which are not respected and faithfully read are not good mediums for advertisers. Newspapers that are purchased to while away a half hour on street car or elevated railway, are not carried home and do not sell anybody's wares. Such papers are no better than circulars and almost as wasteful. The experience of enterprising and sagacious business men demonstrates that the best results attend advertising in home newspapers those which go into families and are read by one after another in the home circle. BY THE HAND OF A WOMAN IS THE WAR CLOUD PUSHED AWAY. The Czarina Fashing the Peace Negotia tions The Probability of No Trouble Increasing The Situation in Panama. ENGLAND. London, May 3. The Cabinet council on Saturday had under consideration a dispatch received from Sir Edward Thornton, British minister to Russia, stating that M. de Gicrs, Russian minister of foreign affairs, asked for time in which to discuss and interpet the agreement of March 17 before deciding whether arbitration was required to settle the pending difficulties. As a result of the Cabinet discussion Earl Granville intimated his willingness to defer the laying of the dispute before the third power for settlement, provided M. de Giers admitted the principle of arbitration. Further communication from Sir Edward Thornton was received at tbe foreign office tonight. It is reported that the English minister states in this dispatch that Rjtesia accepts the principle of arbitration. A Cabinet council has been summoned for tomorrow. The Czarina, whose influence is nearly absolute over the Czar, is actively assisting in the peace negotiations. Sunday editions of the London newspapers confirm the report that a secret treaty has been made between England and Turkey. According to the terms of the treaty England will be allowed to send men-of-war through the Dardenelles in the event of war. The News says the prospects for peace have been much clearer and more amply confirmed within the last forty-eight hours. The Russian dispatch, conciliatory in tone and sut stance, sent to the government by telegraph after the Czar conferred with his ministers, and a courier with official written reply to Earl Granville, is now on the way to London. The News warns its readers, however, against hasty conclusions that peace is assured. Earl Granville and the Duke of Cambridge at the Royal academy banquet spoke hopefully of the peaceful settlement of the difficulties. Earl Granville had an extended conference with the Queen Sunday. CENTRAL AMEBfCA. Panama, via Galveston, May 3. Generals Aizpurn and Sendoval and Drs. Vallurine - and Coroailles have been taken prisoners by General Reyes, commander of the National forces, and confined in the Parliament-house. Many other prisoners have been placed in the common prison. General Aizpurn was imprisoned for not having delivered the quantity of arms. All was quiet last night, although much firing was heard on the outskirts of the city the night before. MEXICO. City or Mexico, via Galveston, May 3. In regard to Mormons emigrating from the United States to Mexico, the government officially announces that those coming will not have any concessions granted them, but are at liberty to come as other emigrants, subject to the laws of the republic, which forbid polygamy. RUSSIA. St. Pjjteksbubg, May 3. Though there is no definite news on the subject, the war cloud seems suddenly to have dissolved. It is stated that the ministers in council today decided to meet the utmost limits of English concession. DENMARK. Copenhagen, May 3. The governments of Denmark, Sweden and Norway agree to maintain a strict neutrality in the event of war between England and Russia. CANADA. Ottawa, May 3. A cable message from Lbndon announces the death there by smallpox of Colonel Kennedy, of the Nile voyagers. Irrational School. Books. Springfield (Mass.) Union. Henry C. Robinson of Hartford, who was the Republican candidate for Governor of Connecticut against Richard D. Hubbard in 1876, and is well known beyond tbe borders of his own state for his fine culture and sound ideas, delivered an address at the Hartford High school the other evening, in which some of the absurdities of modern public school education were sharply punctured. The king evil of the system, Mr. Robinson thinks, is the overgrown text-books, and of these the arithmetic is, in bis estimation, the worst. The current text-books of arithmetic have swallowed up algebra and geometry, and are making inroads on trigonometry and conic sections, and no one can tell where the process will stop, perhaps not until, under the guise of arithmetic, the boys and girls are put at the differential calculus and quaternions. We can back up Mr. Robinson's statement from our own knowledge, and most parents whohave children in the schools can do the same. One arithmetic that we have in mind abounds in problems simple enough to solve by the methods of algebra and trigonometry, but brain torturers when attacked by the clumsy analysis of arithmetic. What is called education is full of such idiotic mental gymnastics. The harm done is twofold. It puts on immature minds a strain that should be experienced only after they are well developed, and it wastes the time that should be devoted during the impressionable period of youth to the cultivation of observing power and of the imagination. It is not an easy matter to place the blame for this educational mischief. Teachers often protest against it, recognizing its folly, so do some (superintendents, as we notice in their communications to educational journals. Yet among teachers, superintendents, committees and bookmakers altogether, satisfactory progress is not made toward a more rational system, and in some cases the evil is actually growing. Not Badly Injured. Mrs. R. D. Harrison has received a letter from Mrs. Jackson, nee Miss Fannie Manette Smith, in which she states that notwithstanding the serious accident which befel her in a car in New York recently, her mother, Mrs. Dr. Smith, was not seriously injured. It was almost a miracle that she escaped, as the pole of a steam fire engine penetrated the car, the horses at full speed, and several people were injured. Railway News. The Wagner sleeping cars will be taken off the Wabash unless the Mann cars are dropped. This is said to be official. Tbe Pennsylvania people report the limited express trains as more than satisfactory. Not one train has failed to earn something over its expenses. It is feared that the Peoria, Decatur and Springfield road is on the brink of a receivership. The loss so far has more than eaten up last year's surplus. The directors of the Pennsylvania railroad have declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent., payable in cash on and after May 29, as registered on the books April 30, 1885. The earnings of the Indiana, Blooming-ton and Western Railway Company for the week ending April 23, were: 1885, $42,037.57; 1884, $40,756.11; increase, $1,461.46. From January 1 to April 23 : 1885, $723,257.33; 1884, $690,485.65; increase, $32,771.68. It is stated that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on Wednesday placed $4,000,000 of collateral trust bonds through Messrs. Speyer & Co. of New York. The total issue of the bonds is $10,000,000, and most of them are held in London, where they are quoted at about 102. There is said to be an exceedingly fast freight train on the Panhandle, which is making considerable money for tbe company. It is scheduled regular enough but is said to be under special orders to run wild, and in so doing makes the run between New York and Chicago several hours ahead of anything on other lines. A GREAT BATTLF. The Salvation Army Make a Renewed Attack on Golumbns. Major Frank Smith, the head of all the Salvationists in the United States, is here, and with him are several other officers of the host. They made a most vigorous assault upon Columbus and believe that the "rebels" are about to surrender. They made a grand sortie upon the streets in the afternoon, and had enormous crowds around them everywhere. The major and his cohorts made music with cornet, accordion and banjo, the last named instrument being in the deft hands of a "saved minstrel," who had formerly used it in the godless service of edifying gallery "gods" in "Old Dan Tucker" and various other sacrilegious tunes. Exhortations were made on street corners, and the army marched with beating of drums to their headquarters, back of the Neil house. But the greatest meeting was the "Blood and fire soul-saving time" last night. Gore and conflagration were rife. The army took its accustomed round of the streets under the leadership of the gallant major. It was raining but the fearless officer said, in true military style: "Come, my lads, a little rain won't do. any harm when it is encountered in the cause of the Lord. There may be a man in a saloon, gone in out of the wet in order to get wet, whom we may take prisoner," and away they started. When they returned to the peculiar-looking hall they found an eager crowd of at least a thousand awaiting them. They kept their drums going with an immense clatter as they took their places in front, and as soon as they were all on the platform they began one of their "Songs of victory," with cornet and banjo accompaniment. This song was a wild cry of "When the battle's over we shail wear a crown," and included the self-sacrificing statement, "We're glad we're saved to march the muddy streets." Then followed a prayer, in which the worshiper spoke in terms of the greatest intimacy with the Almighty, saying, "We don't merely think, ws don't express it as our opinion, but we know, as a matter of fact, without the slightest doubt, that we are going on our way to heaven. We state it without fear of sue cessful contradiction." This produced the greatest excitement among the army, who backed up their superior officer's statement with vociferous "glory hallelujahs" and "amens." Then Captain Graves offered a prayer, in which she was worked into a frenzy, and all around her uttered battle cries in loud voices. It was an exciting thing for the audience, and many were deeply affected by it. Songs and experience confessions followed, interspersed with prayers. In the reading of the lines of a new battle cry Major Smith's lieutenant went into ecstacies, and addressed his army between the lines with the most intense enthusiasm. For instance : ' "But tbe work is not all dark. There is much of the bright Bide. Now comes what you are all glad to hear : " 'Fight on, happy comrades, the prize is hejore,' "Oh, ain't you glad you're goin' to get a prize? That's it! You're goin' to get the grandest kind of a prize!" Cries of "Yes," "Amen," "Glory," etc., etc These meetings are certainly the means of reaching hundreds who could not be reached in any other way. Most of those present last night were of the commonest classes, but many of them arose and expressed themselves in surprisingly good language, with fervor produced by the religious feeling withiu them. No one can say that the leaders are frauds or wolves in sheep's clothing, for thty show almost fearful earnestness. The general officers will remain here at least today. GEOLOGICAL TOUR. A Scientific Visit to the Hocking Valley Coal Regions. Dr. Edward Orton, of Ohio State university, took his geology class on a tour through the coal regions on Saturday. There were seventeen in the party, among them three young ladies of the class of Miss Mary Orton. On starting the students were furnished with a list of points to be noted from the cars, beginning with the boulder clay and gravel banks south of the city. The course was down the Hocking valley to Logan and then out the Straitsville branch, along which a number of important formations were noted. The principal point in the trip was Buchtel. Here Edward Orton, jr. was found and he gave the party a hearty and hospitable welcome. He is engaged at this place as mining engineer. After dinner the hills were scaled for the Cambridge and Ames limestones, which were found at the expected levels. When some of those who are accustomed to tbe level regions had reached the top of the dividing ridge between Monday and Sunday creeks and saw the upa and downs of the surrounding country, they formed some new ideas about bills. Mines 27 and 25 of the syndicate were visited and a number of the engineering corps kindly acted as guides. They were thoroughly acquainted with the mine, and explained a good many interesting points. The little forts which were put up during the strike excited considerable interest, and the party went into one of them. While the iron furnace was being visited a lot of sla was run out. The party returned on the evening train somewhat wearied with the hard after noon's walk, but none too tired to have a jolly time, such as a crowd of students alone can have. VERY NEAR TO DEATH. Little Joe Nnsbaum Has a Narrow Kscape from Drowning. An accident occurred yesterday afternoon that came near resulting fatally to little Joey Nusbaum. He is the oldest son of Isadore Nusbaum, the letter-carrier, who lives in the alley in the rear of the Fulton Street engine-house. It has been the custom ever since the warm weather opened for parties to fish in the rapid water below the state dam. This is very dangerous, as a single misstep will precipitate the angler into the deep water below. Only a week ago Friday two men were carried over and nearly drowned, and several persons have been swept down since by the swift current. Yesterday, about 2 p. m., Joey and his companions went down to the river to watch tbe men fish, and in their eagerness they ventured out upon the slippery apron of the dam. Suddenly Nusbaum stepped upon a rolling stone and fell headlong into the river. His companions were helpless with fear, and could do nothing to save the drowning lad. Nobody seemed willing to plunge into the water, and he had gone down for the second time when a Mr. ConstanE, who is employed in the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo freight office, sprang into the river and bore the nearly unconscious boy safe to shore. He carried him to the office and when the lad had recovered sufficiently to tell him his name and address took him home. Tbe boy seemed to realize how near he had been to the other world and appeared very thankful to his rescuer. Although very weak he is out of danger. DECORATION DAY. A Practical Sngfeitlon for Oooil Work On Decoration Day. Hon. J. M. Dalzell wiites to the State Jol'bnal, asking why some practical benefit may not be realized from the observance of Decoration day. He favors the increase of the relief fund for poor and aged comrades, and for the widows and orphans of the dead; and thus tells how he would have it done : "As Decoration day will be celebrated in every county of Ohio, and great crowds gather on the occasion, let the Grand Army poBt at each place take up a collection for the relief fund. The people will contribute liberally, for they all love the cause, and they all know that the quartermaster of each post is under bond for the faithful disbursement of the fund. I believe there is not a post in Ohio that could not raise $100 at least for the relief fund, and some of them $10,000, if the post commander will explain it fully to the people, and give them the opportunity of honoring themselves by this offering to the dead." Mr. Dalzell's suggestion is worthy of earnest consideration. CKOWMSG THE VIRGIN. Testcrdny'n Interesting Exercises at St. Patrick's Church. The May services held at St. Patrick's church in honor of the Blessed Virgin yesterday were of more than usual inter est and were witnessed by large numbers of the faithful. The altar erected to the Virgin Mary in the sanctuary is a beautiful piece of decoration and shows great taste on the part of those who had charge of it. In the afternoon a procession was formed by Rev. Father Drjlaney, the sanctuary boys, with cross-bearer, and the school children, about fifty of whom went singing the litanies, and were neatly attired in white dresses and veils. A statue of the Virgin was carried to the rear of the church where a throne was erected, on which it was placed and crowned by the children. Father Delaney delivered an able discourse, setting forth the reasons why the Blessed Virgin should be honored, and why the Catholic church so honored her. It was listened to with matked attention by the large numbers who had followed. After the crowning the procession returned to the church, where the services closed with the benediction of the blessed sacrament.There will be services at 7 ::0 on every Friday evening during the month, at which Father Delaney will deliver sermons.Resignation of Professor Snyder. Professor D. J. Snyder of Reynoldsburg on Saturday resigned his position as county examiner. This will be much regretted by a great many teachers of this county. Professor Snyder has been one of the county examiners for ten or twelve years and has always diligently and faithfully attended to his duties. Since his public association with the common schools of Frunklin county, a very marked improvement has taken place in their condition both as regards government and systematic instruction. This improvement is due largely to the efforts of Mr. Snyder at the annual county institutes ef the teachers held in this city. On these occasions Professor Snyder always was ready with fluent and easy speech to impart his ideas and methods of teaching to hia professional brethren and to so encourage them that they returned to their labors after the winter vacation feeling better prepared to execute the tasks to which they had obligated themselves. The teachers remember Professor Snyder kindly, and it is hoped that Judge Saffin will fill the vacancy caused by his resignation by the appointment ot a gentleman worthy of the trust that he will be called upon to perform. As the resignation has not yet been accepted, no other appointment has been made. A Ilevimt Worshiper. Rev. Dr. Mullenix, of Town Street M. E. church, is considerable of a hustler, if such a term may be applied to hia work on Sunday. He officiated at eight religious exercises yesterday, at three of which he preached sermons, and performed two marriage ceremonies. In the afternoon he addressed the inmates at the Central Asylum for Insane, and during his sermon met with a little episode which was a new experience in his ministry of twenty-five years. While talking to the patients he employed an illustration to make plain the loss of opportuni'iea in life and the lesson was rather a discouraging one, tending to fill one with regret more than joy, when one ot the patients in the rear part of the auditorium gave vent to a strong, healthy "amen !" It was so ludicrous and inappropriate that' the doctor was for the first 'ime in his life as a preacher thrown off his guard, and was obliged to join others in a hearty laugh. Wlnle not reflecting upon the sermon, the question is whether the laugh did not accomplish an equally good service for the patients and those who indulged in it. Frleuds Meeting. There was a very interesting meeting at the Friends church on Ohio avenue at 11 o'clock yesterday. Some members of the Legislature and other citizens and strangers were in attendance. Noah C. Mc-Clean from Greenwich, George Willis from Berea and John Carey from Jones-boro, Ind., all ministers of the Friends, were in attendance. Mr. McOlean preached a very interesting and ab e sermon concerning excitement in religions revivals, answering from Scripture and from his own observation extendiuz through his ministry of fourteen years, all the oft-repeated objections to excitement connected with the conversion of sinners. Mr. McClean has a "visible admixture" of negro blood, but in his preaching he seems as calm and clear and self-possessed as a staid senator, using good language and bringing out his points with force and clearness. He and (jeorge Willis have recently asked and obtained permission from the church to trftvel in the East and attend the various yearly meetings of Friends as far as Maine. A Bloodless Encounter. Yesterday afternoon two of the members of the Salvation army were standing near the Neil house, when a third party stepped up and told one of them that he was going to whip him. He squared off and was going to "do" the army up badly, but the Becond division spied Officer Boyle, and with him bore down upon the belligerent. The whipper took to hiB heele, leaving the victorious army in possession of the field. They requested "Boyle to arrest the fleeing man, but as the officer had not witnessed any of the trouble, he told them the best thing they could do would be to swear out a warrant and have him arrested today. The trouble originated in the Salvation hall, where the officer of the army tried to induce the slugger to join. This angered him, and he was proceeding to tackel the officer when he was forced to retreat. She Loved T'other Fellow Rest. The marriage of Mr. Milton Smith and Miss M. M. Sayre of Lexington, Ky., and their presence here were recently noted in the State Jocknal. The Daily Press of that city, in speaking of the affair, says "it was not without some degree of romance. The lady beingalso the betrothed of another young gentleman, the two determined to elope to Cincinnati and become man and wife, going to the depot and waiting for the train's departure. Mr. Smith was apprised of this state of things, rushed to tho depot, held a hurried convetsation with he lady and both were quickly married at the county clerk's office. A disappointed young man will dispose of two round-trip tickets to Cincinnati very cheaply." A Columbus Favorite Disabled. The following from an exchange will be read with much interest here : Frank Mountain, the disabled pitcher of the Allegheny club, is suffering severely from a sore arm. The complaint has ast-umed the form of blood poisoning, which seemR to bailie all physicians. Mom tain today announced that he would give S"(X) to the person who would cure the complaint in a week. Three weeks ago he cauitbt cold in the shoulder and upon tbe advice of a physician bathed it with falt and sulphur. Instead of giving him relief it broke the skin and allowed the sulphur to impregnate the blood. THE WEATHBB. Orricu op Cb-ikp siomal OrrisER, WisimiaToir, D. C May 3, 11 p. m. (T.nb meridian time) Observations taken at tbe eame moment of time at all stations : I PLACE OF OBiEUVAIION. If Chattanooga Cincinnati Columbus Indianapolis Louisville.. Memphis- Nashville Pittsburg Cairo Davenport Des Moines Keokuk St. Louis St. Paul SpringDeld. 111... Leavenworth Omaha, .... . Bismarck, Dak-. Denver, Col Bait Lake City..... Cleveland Detroit Chi, ago (0.0 NW W W 8W w 8W NW 3 S NW Clear U9i Fair 1.91 clear Clear J9.94; .'9.K8 (Cloudy 30.02 uiear tO.OO Ciear Ltrala ."9 97 Clear Clear . clear Clear Clear Clear Glear Clear J9 M 29 Mil 52 29.95 a 9.- 29.92 st 6i 50 54 60 60 V2 ,54 64 a w w 2 -J 97! Ca 29.97 SK NK SW I SW SW Clear 29 9d Clear 29 W loud? toa Cloudy Clear 29 M 43 9.8 43 Ltrala .9.891 47 Clear INDICATIONS. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley Fair weather, westerly winds in Ohio valler.-oisBaerly to western winds in Tennessee; slightly warmer. Lower Lake Fair weather, southerly winds becoming variable, higher temperature. Upper MiaiSHippl Valley Warmer nnd fair weather, slight variable winds. Local Observations, Taken at the 0". 8 sifmal Office. Columbus. O., iiuh, .May .1 , E h 3 i g. s f ; a s Time. 5 g 1 I g . ..ii 6:28 a. m.... 29 170 30.010 40 6 NW 6 "air 10:28 a.m.... 29.168 30.008 494 W 7 Clear 2:28 p.m.... 29.100 29 940 51.4 W 12 Clear I 6:28 p. m ... 29 092 29.K32 49.4 NW 16 Lt rain 10:28 p. m.. T)M1j 29.9i0 47 W 3 Clear Mdrimnm M f ,, ... Hfli n- i . . I , ... .......... ature. :W5; mean dally temperature, 47.3; elondl-vi ness 3.0; averane direction of wind, n rlhwesl;-average state ot weather, clear: precipitation, .02. 1 Same day last year: Maximum, 66: minimum, 41; mean daily temperatuie, 57.7: average cloudl" ness, 6 7 average dir. ction of wind southeast; v! erase state of weather, fair; precipitation, . F T. Williams, I Private, Signal Corps, V. 8. A. 1 ItOLY FAMILY CUUROD. Interesting; Discourse Vestorrlny Sunsrrip. tlous for the Mew Church. Kev. Father Clarke, editor of the Cath olic Columbian and pastor of Holy Faultily church, West Side, preached a veryf able and eloquent discourse before hit congregation yesterday at 10 o'clock high mass. His subject was the religious ob servance of the mouth of May by tha Catholic church throughout the world. In every Catholic church an attar erected on the left side of the sanctuary, wuere uigu ujhss is ceieunueu oy me priest or bishop. The altar is decorat with candles, crucifix and statue of thl Blessed Virgin. This baa been the euaton of the church for over eighteen hundred j After mass Father Clarke held a meet ing in the school-room with the membestfi of his congregation for the purpose m taking up a subscription to aid in tbji 3 building of the new Holy Family churcfc fB on West Broad street. Ex-Counciltna "ft W. T. Molloy started the subscription Jl with $250 and Martin Whalen with 25,001 brick, and others continued with 10,000. Father Clarke said that bids for the contract of building would be received next week, and that it would require $0000 to start the new edifice. Borrowed I'lumage. A soldier by the name of Whorfel, oi company C, at the Barracks, created considerable stir Saturday by indulging inrV'' fitful freak for borrowed plumage, which is likely to cause him some trouble. Shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning he entered a house on Grove btrtet with a false key, donned a full suit K civilian's clothing and left the house without awakening the occupantB. Proceed , ing up street he entered Berkley 'a liver stable, and, representing himself to be C. G . Collins, a book agent, secured a luW out for the day. Shortly after his departure the owner of the clothing discovered his loss and two or three soldiers volunteered to hunt the fugitive up. By some mistake they obtained tbe impression that the rig had been obtained of Coroner Bgan and consequently haunted the premises all day to no purpose. About 8 o'clock Saturday evening a rmall colored boy drove the turnout to Buckley's stable and said he had been told to deliver it and say that Mr. Collini would have use for it for a number of days and would like to have it reserved for him. At 10 o'clock Officer Kennedy discovering that Wherfel was at the Barracks went out at once and had him placed in the guard-house to await a warrant, which Mr. Beckley says he will issue today. Subsequently it was learned that Wherfel had returned the clothing on hia return from the ride. He now languishes in prison, his offer to compromise for ?" being refused. Hannah Neil Mission Report. The report of the Hannah Neil mission for April shows the following: Donations Mrs. Edward Aston and Mrs. Harry Waldo, children's clothes; Mrs. Frank Brooks, clothing, books and toys; Mrs. Edward Fitch, twenty yards muslin; Mrs. M. M. Greene and Mrs. H. A. Lanman. books and papers; Mrs. J. It. Hughe ana. Mis. Dr. Gladden, canned fruit; Mrs. J. J. Janney, bedstead; Mr. Hardt. ham. Money contributions P. W. Huntiugton, $20; J. W. Andrews, C0; Miss Gwynne, 55; Mrs. Charles Butler's class $2 60. Number of persons cared for, 25. Mrs. Fitch and Mrs. Orton were the executive committee for April. Bids were received at the last meeting for furnuuiing ice at the home during the summer months. Mr. Fred. Jaeger offered to furnish it free, and his bid was accepted.A vote of thanks was tendered Profeseor W. R. Luzenby for valuable assistance on Arbor day and for donation of eight trees. Found Her Father. Yesterday afternoon when the Panhandle train arrived from Newark, it was discovered that there was a little girl not more than 3 years old on board who was evidently lost. Tho conductor said that he had found her on the train after they had left Newark. She was taken to the city prison and Turnkey Kelly telegraphed her description to Newark and got an answer in about an hour - stating that her name was Wickergam and thk; parties bad been looking for her there for some hours. She was a bright liltlo thing, and nobody knows bow she got on the train. Mrs. Farrell of 111 Scioto street kindly took charge of her for the night. The Sablua 'Affair. A gentleman who had been in Sabira yesterday reported that the excitement in tnat town over the ill treatment of Miss Allen by Fertich of this city, is still great, and that if he should show himself in the town he would certainly be roughly handled. The stories, as told there concerning the trouble, are even worse than have been published. Church luipruvemeuts. Town Street church is to be greatly improved at once. Dr. Mullenix had a few things to say in his sermon yesterday morning, and the consequence was the immediate subscription of $1500 for the purpose. There is to be new frescoing and painting, and an iron fence will be put up in front. Penitentiary Points. The Sunday services were well attended by visitors yesterday. G. H. Argo, a convict, bad the rirf liuger of the right hand amputated, rendered necessary by the death of the boas. The warden has received notice frto Sheriff D. W. Baldtrtn of Ashtabula that Lewis Webster, under sentence of death, will be brought down this week. 4